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Cricket is the first discipline to announce qualifying teams for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as the sport makes a landmark re-entry to the prestigious multi-sport event scheduled from 28 July to 8 August next year.

The Belfry Hotel & Resort located in Royal Sutton Coldfield, North Warwickshire, has announced the launch of Toptracer Range open from 12^th April 2021 at the resort’s newly refurbished PGA Golf Academy.

The official mascot for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games is revealed today as Perry, a bull adorned with a patchwork of multi-coloured hexagons.

Birmingham Phoenix have made one of the biggest signings to date in the first season of The Hundred by securing Australia all-rounder and ICC women’s player of the decade Ellyse Perry.

With 500 days to go until the start of Birmingham 2022, organisers have unveiled plans to deliver the first ever carbon-neutral Commonwealth Games.

The Birmingham 2022 Cultural Festival has received a £1 million funding award from
Spirit of 2012

Rugby player Heather Fisher has described being kicked out of toilets because people think she’s male, in a new podcast series called 22 Voices, launched today by the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Coventry UK City of Culture Trust shares an update on preparations for its year of culture, which starts on 15 May 2021 and runs for 12 months.

Birmingham Phoenix have added four stars to their squads for the first ever season of The Hundred.

Unveiled live on Sky Sports following The Hundred Draft, Birmingham Phoenix have bolstered their batting line-up by securing Somerset red ball captain Tom Abell , Kent opener Daniel Bell-Drummond and Gloucestershire opener Miles Hammond .

A Midlands firm has been appointed to design, license, and retail a comprehensive range of official Birmingham 2022 and Commonwealth Sport products, with the first due to go on sale online in the next couple of months.